Riverina Breast Multidisciplinary Team

Services

Team

Contact and Meeting Times

Services

A multidisciplinary team of specialists, nurses and allied health professionals providing specialist care in the treatment of breast cancer. This team has regular multidisciplinary care team meetings where specialists can present patient cases for multidisciplinary discussion of all available treatment options.

The multidisciplinary team meeting is run out of the Riverina Cancer Care Centre with both public and private patients discussed. The surgeons, medical oncologists and radiation oncologists consult and treat both public and private patients, thus refer all of these patients for discussion at the breast multidisciplinary team meetings.

Breast care nurses from the McGrath Foundation attend the meeting. The lymphoedema physiotherapist will join the meeting when needed (for discussions about the lymphoedema services in the area or about lymphoedema testing equipment).

Access to services such as physiotherapy, dietetics, occupational therapy and speech pathology can be facilitated by the local oncology unit and/or the cancer care coordinator or oncology social worker contact: Wagga Community Health Centre, Ph: (02) 6938 6411, Fax: (02) 6938 6410.

To contact the Multidisciplinary Team Coordinator, contact the Riverina Cancer Care Centre on (02) 6932 1000.

Multidisciplinary Team

This team comprises of the following cancer specialists and allied health professionals.

Dr David LittlejohnGeneral Surgeon

Dr Stuart GambleGeneral Surgeon

Dr Jane HillMedical Oncologist

Dr Renuka ChittajalluMedical Oncologist

Dr Anupam ChaudhuriRadiation Oncologist

This MDT may also draw expertise from professionals specialising in the following roles as required on a case-by-case basis.

Clinical Trials Nurse

Genetic Counsellor

Pathologist

Radiologist

Social Worker

Contact and Meeting Times

Meeting timesFortnightly on Thursday.

Riverina Cancer Care Centre31 Meurant AvenueWagga Wagga NSW 2650

Telephone(02) 6932 1000

Fax(02) 6925 4848

EmailThis email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Professionals

2017 Quality Statement

“Excellence in Care”

The provision of excellent care to Riverina Cancer Care Centre (RCCC) patients is achieved by Centre staff and Volunteers’ participation in and observance of the Centre’s Quality system in the performance of their roles. Cooperation, collaboration, communication and mutual respect are critical to provision of excellent care.